¹Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

¹Počujte toto slovo, ktoré hovorí Hospodin proti vám, synovia Izraelovi, proti všetkej čeľadi, ktorú som vyviedol hore z Egyptskej zeme, hovoriac:

²“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

²Len vás som poznal zo všetkých čeľadí zeme, preto navštívim na vás všetky vaše neprávosti.

³Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

³Či azda pojdú dvaja spolu bez toho, že by sa shodli?

⁴Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

⁴Či zareve lev v lese, keď by nebolo pre neho koristi? Či vydá ľvíča svoj hlas zo svojej peleše bez toho, že by bolo lapilo?

⁵Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

⁵Či padne vtáča do osídla na zemi, keď mu niet smečky? Či sa zdvihne osídlo od zeme, keď nechytilo ničoho?

⁶Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?

⁶Či sa zatrúbi na trúbu v meste, a ľud sa nesbehne v strachu? Či sa deje voľačo zlé v meste, a Hospodin neučinil?

⁷Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

⁷Lebo Pán Hospodin nečiní ničoho, krome keď zjavil svoju tajnú radu svojim služobníkom prorokom.

⁸The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

⁸Lev reve, kto by sa nebál? Pán Hospodin hovorí, kto by neprorokoval?

⁹Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”

⁹Rozhláste na palácoch v Ašdóde a na palácoch v Egyptskej zemi a povedzte: Soberte sa na vrchy Samárie a vidzte veľké nepokoje prostred nej a utiskovaných v jej strede!

¹⁰“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

¹⁰A nevedia robiť toho, čo je pravé, hovorí Hospodin, ktorí hromadia ukrutnosť a zkazu vo svojich palácoch.

¹¹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”

¹¹Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Nepriateľ! A to kolom dookola zeme, a strhne s teba tvoju silu, a vylúpené budú tvoje paláce.

¹²Thus says Yahweh: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”

¹²Takto hovorí Hospodin: Tak ako keď vytrhne pastier dva hnáty alebo kus ucha z tlamy ľva, tak budú vytrhnutí synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sedia v Samárii v kúte na posteli a na damašku lože.

¹³“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.

¹³Čujte a svedčite v dome Jakobovom, hovorí Pán Hospodin, Bôh Zástupov,

¹⁴“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.

¹⁴že toho dňa, ktorého navštívim prestúpenia Izraelove na ňom, navštívim aj oltáre Bét-ela, a budú odťaté rohy oltára a padnú na zem.

¹⁵I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.

¹⁵A zbijem zimný dom s letným domom; zhynú domy zo slonovej kosti, a bude koniec mnohým domom, hovorí Hospodin.